Apparatus for dyeing hats



(No Model.) I

M. DELOHERY.

APPARATUS FOR DYBINGHATS No. 438,609. Patented Oct. 21,1890.

lNVENTOH Wielflwy BY ATT'Y A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL DELOHERY, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

APPARATUS FOR DYEING HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,609, dated October 21, 1890.

Application filed December 23, 1889. Serial No. 334,613. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, MICHAEL DELOHERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing Ladies Hats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to certain new and useful improvements in presses for dyeing ladies felt, fur, or straw hats, and has for its object to greatly facilitate the process of such dyeing, and to provide means whereby various pat-terns may be dyed in a single machine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of a pair of dies constructed in accordance with myimprovement; Fig. 2, a plan of the lowerdie; Fig. 3,a detail plan of a pattern-ring, and Fig. 4 a broken sectional elevation showing my apparatus adapted for dyeing double patterns.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings. My improvement comprisesa lower and upper die conformed, as a male and female, to

the shape of the hat, the lower die being mounted on any suitable bed, while the upper die depends from any ordinary pressplunger.

A is the upper die secured to any suitable reciprocatory plunger B, and O is the lower die mounted on a bed D. These dies are hollow, so as to afford interior steam-chests E F, and G H are the steam-inlet pipes. Each die has in its face open annular channels I for containing the dye, which is' introduced therein through ducts J.

K are pipes leading into the bottoms of said channels whereby the dye may be drawn off, if necessary.

L are the pattern-rings, within which are small perforations representing in their collective outline the design of the pattern which is to be dyed in the hat. These rings are countersunk in the faces ofthe dies, so as to close the dye-channels, as seen at Fig. 1.

The operation ofmy improvement is as follows: The hat is placed within the lower die and the upper die brought down, so that said hat will be firmly compressed between the two pipes K, the dies are separated, and the hat removed.

Different patterns may be dyed in the hat by substituting different pattern-rings. For instance, the ring shown in Fig. 2 may be removed, and the ring shown in detail at Fig. 3 may be substituted therefor.

Should it be desired to dye double patterns, a partition a is forced within the dye-channels, as shown in the lower die at Fig. 4, or a partitioned dye-box 1), formed integral with the pattern-ring, may be inserted within the dye-channel, as shown in the upper die of Fig. 4, separate ducts being provided for the introduction of the dyes. However, I do not wish to be limited to any particular construction of dye-channels or dye-boxes, since my invention rests in the broad idea of dyeinga hat by compressing it-between pattern-plates through which the dye exudes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus for dyeing ladies hats, the combination, with a pair of compressiom dies conformed to the shape of the hat and having in their faces open annular channels for the dye, of the pattern-rings secured to said dies and closing said channels, substantially as set forth and described.

2. A means for dyeing patterns on ladies hats, consisting of a pair of hollow compressing-dies having annular channels to contain the dye, and perforated pattern-plates covering said channels, each die being provided with steam-connections and means for introducing and drawing 05 the dies, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL DELOHERY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WAKEMAN, J. P. FINCH. 

